General Resources

• Strickland, A. (2015, April 15). A Brief History of Young Adult Literature, CNN US Edition.

• APA Formatting and Style Guide (OWL Lab)
• Citation Builder: NC State Library

National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)

• NCTE Website
• Student Membership
• NCTE/IRA Standards for the English Language Arts
• NCTE Rationales for Teaching Challenged Books
• Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of the NCTE - ALAN

ELA Content Area Standards for Resources Page

• http://bannedbooksweek.org/
• ALA Banned Books Week Website
• List of Banned and Challenged Classics
• NCTE Anti-Censorship Center
• NCTE / SLATE How To Write A Rationale Guidelines [Use this to frame your own rationale!]
• The Bane of Banned Books: A Video of Bill Moyers' recent commentary about banned books (accompanied by the text)
• Candlewick's Banned Books Week Pinterest Page
• Readers.Com 24 Most Controversial Books of All Time Infographic
• 12 Easy Ways to Celebrate Banned Books Week

• White librarians organizing to confront racism in the field of children’s and young adult literature, especially with regard to people of color and First Nations/Native people.